Trousers-stretcher.



S. ROGSTAD. TROUSERS STRETCHER. APPLICATION EILE D FEB- 27. 19W-Patented Dec.x 11, 1917.

SEVERIN ROGS'IAD, OF NORTH BEND, OREGON.

TROUSERS-STBETGHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec, 11, 191?.

Application filed February 27, 1917. Serial No. 151,247.

Stretchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in trouser stretchers.

The object of this invention is the provi sion of a trouser stretcherand creasing device which will effectively stretch and crease thetrousers and at the same time efi'ect the pressing in a thorough andpractical manner.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a trouserstretcher upon which the trousers may be placed and held in properposition so as to regain their form and take out all the creases thereinin a,

reliable and efiicient manner.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a trouserstretcher of this character, which will be simple, practical, andcomparatively inexpensive in construction and one that canbe'manufactured and sold at a small cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully describedand set forth in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete device as made inaccordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is a section view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference I responding parts on all. the figures ofthedrawing. 7

Referring more particularly to the drawing the numeral 1 designates apair of relatively spaced creasing bars adapted to have positionedthereupon a pair of trousers to eflectively stretch the same. bars 1each comprise sections 2 and 3. Each of the sections 2 and 3 of each ofthe bars 1 are hingedly connected together at their inner ends as at 4so as to permit the secdesignate cor- The creasing tions to be readilyfolded upon one another when not in use. The bars 1, are arranged at aspaced distance apart to constitute the front crease receiving bar andthe rear crease receiving bar. The lower section 3 of the rear creasingbar is curved outwardly as at 5 to conform to the configuration of theupper enlarged portion of a pair of trousers. The upper end of the upperbar 2 of the front creasing bar 1 is curved outwardly as at 6 to conformto the cufi' of a pair of trousers placed'thereon.

The sections 2 and 3 of the bars 1 are each provided adjacent their endson the inner opposing sides with laterally extending lugs 7, said lugsare provided with openings to receive pins 8 the-purpose of which willbe hereinafter more fully described. a

A plurality of links 9 are arranged in pairs and each pair is secured byone end to a lug 7 of each section of the bars 1,,the pairs of links 9which are secured to the. lower section are relatively longer than thepairs of links 9 secured to the upper sections 2 of the bars 1 and eachpair is arranged on opposite side of the lug 7 and pivotally securedthereto by the pins 8 as i clearly shown in Fig; 1 of the drawing.

The free ends of each pair of the links 9 are provided with relativelyspaced openings 10 the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

A vertically arranged spreading bar 11 comprises sections 12 and 13 andthe sections are hingedly connected together as at 14. Each section isprovided intermediate its endwith a longitudinally extending slot 15. A

. The lower section 13 of the spreader bar 11 is provided adjacent itslower end with a plurality of spaced openings 16 which are adapted toaline with the openings 10 of the links 9 of the lower sections 3, ineach of the side bars 1. The links 9 of the lower section 3 are arrangedon op osite sides of the spreadin bar and one o the openings 10 isadapte to aline with the opening 16 in the spreading bar and pivotallysecured therefio by a bolt 17 which passes transverselyrthrough thelinks and spreading bar and is secured thereon by a nut 18 thusspreading bar on the opposite sides thereof by bolts 19 which areadapted to be arranged transversely through the slot 15 and the openings10 of the links 9 and are held therein by a nut 20 thus pivotallysecuring the pairs of links of the lower sections to the side bars 1 sothat the spreading bars may be moved outwardly and inwardly uponmovement of the spreading bar. I

The links 9 of each pair of the upper sections 2 of the side bars arearranged on opposite sides of the slot 15 in the upper section 12 of thespreader bar 11 and are secured therein by a-member 21 which member hasa bearing head 22 and a threaded shank 23 which extends through theopenings 10 of the links 9 and through the slot 15 in the upper section12 of the spreader bar and is held against movement therefrom by a nut24:- thus pivotally securingthe bearing member 22 to one face of thelinks which are arranged on the face of the spreader bar 11.

The bearing head 22 of the member 21 is provided with a screwthreadedopening 25 the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

The links 9 which are pivotally secured to the upper sections .2 of theside bars 1 extend downwardly and incline inwardly from their pivotedconnection to the lugs 7 and the links are arranged on opposite sides ofthe spreader bar 11 and are pivotally secured thereto by a secondbearing member 26 which is provided with a screwthreaded shank 2'? whichextends through the links 9 and an opening 28 in the upper section 12'of the spreader bar 11 thus pivotally securing the links to the spreaderbarin the same manner as the links are secured to the lower section ofthe spreader bar.

The bearing member 26 is provided with an opening 29 which is in directalinement with the opening 25 in the bearing member 21.

The upper end of the spreader bar 11 is bent angularly as at 30 and isprovided with an opening 31 which is in direct alinement with theopening in the bearing members 21 and 26. 7

An operating bar 32 is formed of wire or any other suitable material andhas its lower end screwthreaded as at 33 and swivelly connected in theopening 29 of the bearing member 26 with suitable nuts 3% as clearlyshown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The upper end of the operating lever 32is looped as at 35 to form an operating handle and then is twisted aboutthe portion 33 of the rod to provide a screwthread 36 which engages thescrewthreaded opening 25 in the bearing member 21 to facilitate themoving of the spreader bar 11 spreading the links 9 moving the sidebarsl at a spaced distance from one another so that when a pair oftrousers are links 9 ,in the upper sections 2 of the side bars 1 of ashorter length than the links 9 of the lower sections 3 of the side bars1 the side bars 1 converge from their lower ends to the upper ends thusreadily conforming to the size and shape of the pair of trousers whichare placed thereon.

A pair of metal caps 37 are frictionally arranged over the sections 3and 2 of each of the side bars 1 thus completely covering the hinges 4for holding the sections against collapsing when in their stretchingposition.

Tn operation:

I The trousers are placed upon the side bars 1 the rear crease of thetrousers receiving the rear bar 1 and the front crease receiving thefront bar 1 the handle 35 of the operating bar is turned in a counterclockwise direction thus moving the spreading bar upwardly spreading thelinks 9 and forcing the bars outwardly away from one another andeffectively stretching the trousers.

To remove the stretching bar all that is necessary is to rotate theoperating bar in a clockwise direction thus moving the links,

forcing the same downwardly, drawing the bars 1 inwardly toward oneanother and the trousers may be easily removed from the sections. Theloop 35 constituting the handle may also constitute a supporting deviceso that the trousers arranged on the bars may be supported in a cupboardor on a wall or the like.

What is claimed is:

1. A. trouser stretcher comprising sectional bars, said sections beinghingedly connected together, a lug carried by each section, a pair oflinks pivotally secured to each lug of each section, a sectionalspreading bar located between the sectional side bars, said links havingtheir free ends pivotally secured to the sectional spreading bar,bearings carried by one section of the spreading bar and certain of saidlinks, and a handle member rotatably mounted in the bearing members toedect the movement of the sectional side bars toward and away from oneanother through the medium of the links.

2. A trouser stretcher comprising sectional side bars, said side barshingedly connected together, a lug carried on the inner side edge ofeach section of the side bars, a plurality of links arranged in pairsand each pair pivotally secured to the lug of each section, a sectionalspreading bar located between the sectional side bars, the free ends ofsaid links being pivotally secured to the sectional spreading bar at aspaced distance apart, certain of said links being slidably secured toone section of the bar, bearings pivotally securing the other links tothe other section of the spreading bar, and a handle rotatably mountedin the hearings to effect the moving or" the sectional side bars withrelation to each other through the medium of the links,

and means for holding the sectional side bars in extended position.

3. A trouser stretcher comprising sectional side bars, said sectionsbeing hingedly connected together, a' laterally extending lug formed onthe inner side edge of each section, a plurality of links arranged inpairs and each pair having one end pivotally secured to the lug of eachsection of the side bars, a sectional spreading bar located between thesectional side bars, said spreading bar sections being hingedlyconnected together, the lower section of the spreading bar provided witha longitudinally extending slot adjacent the upper end thereof, the freeend of one link of each pair of the lower section of the side barspivotally secured in said slot in the lower section of the sectionalspreading bar, the other link of the pair being adjustably secured tothe lower section of the spreading bar, bearings pivotally securing thefree ends of the links of the upper section of the sectional side barsto the upper section of the spreading bar, and a handle carried by thebearings to effect the movement of the sectional side bars with relationto the spreading bar through the medium of the links, and means forholding the sectional side bars against collapsing when in an extendedposition.

t. A trouser stretcher comprising sectional bars, said sections beinghingedly connected together to permit the sections to fold one upon theother, laterally extending lugs formed on the inner side of each sectionintermediate the ends thereof, a sectional spreading bar hingedlyconnected together and arranged between the sectional side bars, linksarranged in pairs and pivotally secured by one end to each lug of thesections of the side bars, the free ends of said links being pivotallyassociated with the sections of the spreading bar, anoperating barscrcwthreadedly mounted upon the upper section of the spreading bar andconnected to the links of the upper section of the side .bars, formoving the side bars toward and away from one another, and metal clipsremovably secured to the sections of the side bars at the hinged endsfor holding the"'same against collapsing, as and for the purpose jspecified.

5. A trouser stretcher comprising a pair of sectional side bars, linksarranged in pairs and eachpair pivotally secured to the inner sides ofeach of the sectional bars. a sectional spreading bar pivotally andadjustably seother upon the turning of the operating 1 .bar. 7 a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.-

Witnesses:

A. H. DERBYSHIRE, H. E. BURMESTER.

SEVERIN RQGSTAD.

